2014 Argentina Moto2 Qualifying Results | Rabat Secures 3rd Pole

Just as Marc Marquez has done in the 2014 MotoGP Championship, Marc VDS Racing’s Tito Rabat secured his third-straight pole in the 2014 Moto2 Championship.

Rabat secured the pole position after dominating qualifying Saturday at Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo. He will be joined on the front row by AirAsia Caterham Motor Racing’s Johann Zarco and Federal Oil Gresini Moto2’s Xavier Simeon.

The Moto2 Championship leader Rabat posted a 1:43.961 lap time towards the end of the session to make it a hat-trick of poles so far in 2014.

The Spaniard was not distracted by a brief pause 23 minutes from the end of the Qualifying session when the red flags came out after a crash for Sam Lowes (Speed Up) left debris on the track. Action soon resumed after cleaning had taken place and Lowes was unhurt.

Zarco and Simeon respectively qualified 0.010s and 0.077s from Rabat and will both look to stay with the pole man at the start of Sunday’s race. Simeon was later given a penalty point for continuing at speed under the red flags and not entering pit lane when the red flag was displayed.